Praise The Lord And Pass The Ammunition lyrics

sweet and simple.

i think this song is completly and religons saying all life is saced but the telling them to go out to war and kill

"Islam in it's original form and it's translation from the Quran is a very violent religion." You should research before you say ridiculous statements like that. Islam isn't violent. People are violent. Islam says you can't judge anyone, you're not God. Religion doesn't start wars, people do. Don't point fingers, buddy. Did you forget where the word "crusade" came from?

I agree with PoliticallyAware.

I think this song isn't making fun of religion itself, but it is making fun of people who claim to believe in God then turn around and pass judgement upon others - hence "praise the lord and pass the ammunition."
"Lilith is a prophet
From the prophet came the king
From the king came the pauper
From the pauper came the swing
From the swing came creation
From creation came love,
You don't know what this love is all about"
That part, to me, seems like it means somewhere along the line we lost track of the main point.

Though Serj himself isn't of any specific religion he said he thinks all of them almost got it right.

I will be the first to admit that most wars started because of religious differences... but it's not that simple. Most wars-such as the one we're in now-start because of violence within the religion. Islam in it's original form and it's translation from the Quran is a very violent religion. It is convert or die (or become and infidel... which they are told to kill as well). Back in the Dark Ages when the Catholics ruled more than just the religious side of life, they persecuted people who wouldn't conform. In the Bible, the Jews were usually persecuted for their beliefs. Wars would either start because someone was angry with the Jews, or because the Jews were tired of being picked on.

The phrase "religion causes wars" makes it seem like Christians (just as an example) start war because another country doesn't accept the doctrine... and that is completely false. As long as a person isn't breaking the worldly set law, then a Christian country will not wage war. It's when religions like Islam start to kill for no reason and claim it's in the name of their god that we will get involved.

I hate to say it, but he is making fun of the idea of God and of war. Go to this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Praise_the_Lord_and_Pass_the_Am munition and read the origin of the phrase. Just below it is:

In modern times, the phrase has been used often in a more satirical tone, condemning war justified by religious doctrine. For example, rock band System of a Down, known for their pacifist beliefs, have frequently used the phrase as a criticism of war (see below).

At the beginning of System of a Down's music video for the demo version of "War?" in 1997, lead vocalist Serj Tankian says "Praise the lord and pass the ammunition. God wants you to go to war." The tenth track on Tankian's solo album, Elect the Dead, is entitled "Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition". The music video was shot at The Roxy in Los Angeles on August 27, 2007 and was directed by System of a Down photographer Greg Watermann.